Display-rack.



E. G. SHINNER.

DISPLAY RACK. APPucATloN FILED Aume. |911.

Pate'nted May 28,1918.

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DISPLAY-Rack.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST G. SHINNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and Statel of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display-Racks, of wliich the following is a specification.

Y itsplay racks for use in stores, shops and the i e. i

In butcher-shops, or meat stores, racks are used for display of the purveyors wares, such as smoked hams, sides, shoulders and other similar commodities. Heretoforeit has been the custom to have display racks of thisgeneral character made by local artisans and built in and perma nently attached to the walls of the rooms in which lthe store products are to be displayed. One of the objects of my invention is to provide an improved display rack that is divided into uniform like separable sections,

capable of being quickly and easily assem bled and as quickly knocked down andv packed in relatively small compass for storage or shipment, and which may be erected and put together by unskilled labor.

Another object of my invention is to fashion the parts of the rack so as to provide smooth, rounded surfaces devoid lof dust pockets and 'in which all of the parts are easily `accessible for cleaning. j

Other and further objects of my invention will become readily apparent, toper sons skilled in the art, from a consideration of the .following description when taken in conjunction with the drawings, wherein Figure 1 is an end elevation of an erected sectional rack.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged central sectionall view of parts of two interconnecting support sections. Y

Fig. 3 is an enlarged front view of the rack showing a fragment thereof.

Fig. 4 is a detail.

Fig. 5 is a front view of the erected rack.

In all of the views the same reference characters are employed to indicate similar parts.

My sectional rack is especially designed to be attached to the premises by means that permit its ready removal without damage to the premises and therefore for this reason, it does not become a permanent unremovable Specification of Letters Patent.

invention relates to improvements in down and carried away byliim when' hey gives'up possession of the premises. j

The capacity of the rack may be varied by the number `of sections` in vertical se-` I. quence in the supports, and the length of the structure. i j

In the preferred embodiment of niy invention there is a pluralityof vertical supports 10, each made up of a number of sections 11, 12, 13 and 14. Each vertical support is, preferably, made of standard pipe of uni-` form diameter, the Vbase section 11- is sup-l ported in the flanged socket 15 which may be secured to the floor by screws 16. At a uni-" form distance froin the lioor is secured to each of the base sections 11, a bracket 17 for supporting a shelf 18. The shelf-18 is preferably made of marblcplate, and a vertically Patented May 22, 115112..` Application led August 16, 1917. Serial No. 186,452.V i i property of the landlord disposed marble plate 19 is located e at the l back of the shelf and is secured to the vertical base sections 11.` Thepipe, or tube 12 terminates, at 20, and the section 13 is provided on its lower end with a socket 21 which consists of a short section of tubing secured to the section as by spot welds oi rivets 22. The projecting end 2 1 forms a' tenon for telescopicconnection withtheend j of the section there below.v Inlike `manner` t is provided with a similar` j tenonfor `telescopic association with the up` the section 14j` per end of the section 13 and section-'12is` joined to section 11 by, a tenon andsocket of u like character. Section 12 is provided with"4 Y a curved bracket `23 havingits free end"4v downturned as at 24, and welded or otherwise secured to the vertical tube of section 12 in like manner section 13 .has an outstanding downwardly eurved bracket 25, curved on a longer radius to extend beyond the bracket 28 and section 14 has a simi lar bracket 26 outstanding farther than bracket 25.

Each of the composite, vertical 10 is secured to the side wall 27 by screws 28, which pass through spacing blocks 29, the contacting surface of which is curved to correspond with the curvature of the tubes of the vertical supports.

In Fig. 5 I have shown four vertical comsupports posite supports 10-10 arranged in parallel verticaliplanes.Ak These` supports are, sub? stantially alike and correspond with that shown in side elevation, in Fig., `1. The bracket members are hel'dtog'f-itler'byA ten'on y and mortiseslip joints, as shown in 1 `ig,l2,.l and the lower bracket 1s secured 1n like mannerJ to the base member 12. Theree end, of`e`acl`1` bracket, 23', 25 an"d`2`6 is closed by a metal plug 30, riveted orz'oth'erwisesecured therein, to receive a screw 31. A Wooden str1ngerf^32i`1s se'ecured'f to. `they under end" oi'iA the brackets by nieansloffscretvs-, 31 passingl vertical supports# 10 inl vertical "alii'i'enient Hooksmayf beplac'ed' on 'the` strlngersx at" frequent'iiiit'ervails. m'ornament34niayfbe painted; vvhit'e and enameled; itlpresents ay neat, artisticand 'sanitary appearance;

Hu- 5.x l Having-described my invention, What I cla'ir'nis:L

` dispjla'y'raclcomprisingpaseries of vertical; contppsite supierplgosedsupports; each dividedint a" series iof sections sepgarably connected together, caeh 'section havingA an* s fou'tivardlyllv extending bracket andi l'means ,for

brackets AV"tof connect the supports* together series of spaced-apartperforationsto receive" attaching4 screws,` attaching sere-WSC- takin-g throitghff said perforations into said plugs to holt'lth-eI supports @properly-l spaced 'apart and lhooks on-I saicl lstringers;

3. A1'- display rack comprising:vseries of" vertical; coinp'ositef supports,lv eachy supporti" dividdfinto ai series of longitudinal 'sections separably" connected together!'b'y'fl sl ip joint s,-

the base section of each support prm'ided with mea-'ns` for supportingI a'vr shelf," the superposed sections of said supports each" having an outivardljy'fl projectingI brack'etf to which stringers maybe-connected; stringers connecting the' brackets of' each section togeth'er i and 'having spacedlapa rtv hooks a t lin@ ter'val's" along saidstringer's.

t'. Ai' display' rackf comprising- :r i' series foi'Y vertical,7. compositeE supports, eacli d'iif'id'tl into a seriesoig longitudinal sections scparably connected' togethervv byIA detaclihlile joints; and base'sections `-of"each support pro! videdwith means for? supportlnga shbl'j eacli superposedi section, oi each support, having an outiv ardlyf'projecting` braek et; to

Whicli hoolo. suppoldting` stringersf may" be connected; floor' socket for f each base scc-r tion; spa'lcingeblo'cks,V one Afor" eaeh"- section',

to* separatethe supports from a:l wall and 4 screvs taking Y through? the'- snpp'orts and through' th'e spacingfblckayrespectirelv; tov

against said'y W all-'.7'

Instestimony whereof' 'Iv' hereunto set" miv hand."

ERNEST Gl SIHINN'ER.

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